Mrs. Fern V. Miller, the second contestant, was a Superintendent at the Denver U.S. Mint, appointed by then-John F. Kennedy in May 1961. The coin-producing mint was celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Carroll Baker's latest film, The Carpetbaggers (1964), was about to premiere in New York City in three days. The movie brought Baker a second wave of notoriety, after 'Baby Doll (1956)', despite its lackluster reviews.